European larch

noun

1. a pine tree, Larix decidua, of northern and central Europe, having slender, yellow-gray branchlets and oval cones with downy scales, grown for timber and as an ornamental.

Word History and Origins

Origin of European larch¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

The beetle, which was first documented in Greece in the 1970s, has a preference for members of the conifer family, particularly pine, the European spruce and the European larch, Zagas said.

From Reuters

In cultivation the American species is too sparse of limb and foliage to compete with the more luxuriant European larch, yet it is often planted.

From Project Gutenberg

The European larch, Larix decidua Mill., may be distinguished from the native species by having slightly longer leaves and larger cones that are more than an inch long.

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This can be controlled to some extent by proper forestry methods, as is done in European larch forests, by "underplanting" them with beech.

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Those that I have had the best luck with are balsam fir, cottonwood roots, tamarack, European larch, red cedar, white cedar, Oregon cedar, basswood, cypress, and sometimes second-growth white pine.

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